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APPLICATION FILED DEC. 4. l9'l6- LQ?@ 5%3B Patented June 25, 1918.

I 4 Elfilu I mmntow 1V1 Nmmmu PE- I AND YQMAR'TINEZ from exposure to the elements.

. I MARCUS NAVARRJETIE, 01F NACO, AND YGNACIO MARTINEZ, 0F DOUGLAS, ARIZONM.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MARCOS NAVARRETE, a Mexican citizen, residing at Naco, in the county of Cochise, State of Arizona, and

Ycnaoro MARTINEZ, a Mexican citizen, residto Which it appertains to make and use the same.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 4, 1916. Serial No.

This invention relates to new and useful is of practically permanent character and whlch is impervious to the action of moisture whereby leakage and decay will be prevented.

Heretofore, coffins and burial cases have been formed of Wood and they soon decay The object of this invention it to provide a composition cofin or case which is practically indestructible and one which Wlll be very light, and

. may be economically manufactured.

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Another object of this invention is to provide a device of this character which is simple and durable in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and one which will be very eflicient in operation.

With these and numerous other objects in view, our invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, and the method of combining the same, as will be hereinafter more particularly pointed out in the specification and claims.

In the accompanyin drawings:

Figure 1 is a side e evation'of the cofin showing one end in vertical section;

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing one end in horizontal section;

Fig. 3 is a detail vertical section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4i is a detail view illustrating the construction of the cofin.

In describing our invention we shall refer to the drawing in which similar reference.

ing, which is made into any desired shape, according to the type of case or cofin made. The frame 1 has substantiallyvertical side and end walls .and a bottom, all of which are covered with coarse meshed textile fabric 2 which is preferably burlap, and which completely covers the inner and outer surfaces of the wire frame, said fabric 2' being extended across the upper edge of the frame and downwardly on each side of said frame.

When the frame has been covered with burlap or any other textile fabric having a coarse mesh, the device is treated with a plastic composition 3 such as gypsum, hard wall plaster or stucco in a Substantially liquid state. This composition when applied to the fabric will in a short While permeate Patented June as, mile.

the same and the interstices of the wire and when the composition hardens, the various elements will be rigidly united, thus formlng a solid or monolithic structure. Only a comparatively thin application of the liquid ce-- ment or plastic substance is required, it being essential only that enough of the plastic substance be placed'on the fabric to thoroughl permeate and envelop the same and extend through the frame fabric and frame.

' The above recited method of forming coffins or burial cases will produce a device of this character which is practically of a per manent character and which is impervious to moisture, decay, etc. This case will be practically monolithic and the same will be of.

comparatively light weight, yet of strong and durable construction. As has been heretofore stated, only a suficient amount of the plastic composition is applied thereto to give the fabric and wire frame strength and cause the. difl erent elements to unite. This will make the coflin or case proportionally very light as only a small amount of the heavy material is used in its constructlon. The coffin or case is provided with a covering 4 which is constructed similarly to the receptacle to which it is applied and this covering may be provided with a down wardly extending rib 5 adjacent its edge coacting with a groove 6 in the .upper edge of the case or cofin to lock the covering 4i in position and make it tight. Some form of cement may be used to securely connect the'rib and groove and to permanently fasten the'cover to the case or w l rom the forego' g description of the construction, and. method of WW our so as to unitethe a Tlld . new and improved burial case or cofiin, the manner of applying the same to use and tion.

We claim:

1. The process of constructing a mono-- lithic structure, consisting in (first) providing a foraminous metal element and placing it'vertically, (second) providing a permeable textile fabric element and supporting the latter on the upper edge of said foraminous metal element so that it rests against the opposite sides of said foraminous metal element, (third) providing a cementitious substance that is capable of permeating said foraminous metal element and textile.

fabric element, (fourth) applying said ce- 'mentitious substance to said foraminous metal element and textile element in such manner that a portion thereof permeates rovid'ed a said elements, and (fifth) allowing or causing said cementitious substance to solidify and thus permanently unite with said -foraminous metal element and textile fabric element.

2. In combination, a foraminous metal frame formed with a substantially vertical wall, a piece oftextile fabric arranged on and over the top of said vertical wall and extending down both sides of said wall and a monolithic element enveloping and extending through said foraminated metal frame and said piece of textile fabric and uniting therewith to form a monolithic walled member.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARCOS NAVARRETE. YGNACIO MARTINEZ.

Witnesses:

ELIAS S. CARABOALAD, JOSEPH NENNHUBER. 

